Rise Of House Cason

"It's a Snallygaster!" Shelby yelled. The girls took out their wands and pointed it at the Snallygaster.

"Wait!" Artland yelled, looking at the Snallygaster.

Art sent calming thoughts towards the Snallygaster and walked towards it slowly. He noticed that it had a trail of blood on its wing.

"You're injured. Let me treat you. I won't harm you." Art spoke softly.

The Snallygaster looked at him then to the girls before showing its large serrated teeth.

"Don't worry about them. They are harmless, I won't let them hurt you." Art continued to speak softly, he turned his head and whispered, "Put your damn wands down!"

Shelby and Natasha listened to him and lowered their wands.

Art looked at the Snallygaster again, "See, harmless. Now let me look at your wing."

The Snallygaster looked unconvinced but jumped down from the tree and approached Art. It slowly closed the distance, Art placed his hand on its head, creating a link between them.

"See? I told you, you can trust me." Art smiled and started to inspect the wound.

I was a nasty gash that extended through its wing and onto its side.

"This is bad, it looks infected." he turned to the girls, "One of you get Mr. Scamander, please."

The girls nodded and left for the castle. Art ripped a piece of his robe off and wetted it with his wand. He gently wiped away the dried blood and closely inspected the wound.

"How did you get this big guy?" Art asked gently.

Pictures flashed through Art's mind of two Snallygaster's fighting. The one was much larger and older and easily defeated the other, leaving it injured and barely able to fly. The loser fled and took refuge in the forest where it tried and failed to hunt for food.

"So you are hungry? Azura, can you get our new friend some food please?" Art asked.

Azura nodded and took off into the forest.

Soon Art heard voices and saw the girls come back with Newt and the Headmaster. The Snallygaster growled and tried to move but Art calmed it down and said some soothing words.

Newt slowly approached and came next to Art. He nodded at Art and started to inspect the wound.

"It's bad and infected. He will need a few days to recover but hopefully we can fix his wing so he can fly again." Newt muttered, taking out his wand.

Soon Azura came from the bush with a dead animal in her mouth. She placed the animal in front of the Snallygaster. Happy with the food, the Snallygaster started to devour it.

"Newt… is that a Horned Serpent?" Aligbert asked surprised.

"Yes." Newt answered offhand, focusing on the Snallygaster.

Azura slithered back into Art's robes and disappeared.

The Headmaster was shocked at what he saw.

"I need some materials. We need to bring her back to the castle." Newt said, standing up.

"I'll do it, just make sure no one attacks him on our way." Art said, comforting the beast.

"I'll make sure it happens." the Headmaster said, bringing the girls with him.

"Okay. Let's go." Newt said, constructing a magical stretcher for the beast.

Art followed behind him as they exited the forest. A few students stood and stared at them.

"That's the Snallygaster!"

"What are they doing with it?"

"Maybe going to use it to create some wand cores."

Art ignored them and continued to calm the Snallygaster down. The beast was usually fearless and curious, causing it to expose itself to muggles but being injured made everything around it a potential threat.

They took it to Newt's room where he disappeared into his suitcase and brought out potion ingredients.

"Art, make a Healing potion while I brew one to fight the infection." Newt ordered, handing him some ingredients.

Art didn't answer and went straight to work, lighting a fire and taking out a cauldron. His actions were smooth and quick, crushing herbs and throwing them in the cauldron.

After a few minutes the potion was boiling lightly.

"It still needs a few minutes to simmer but it will be ready soon." Art told Newt.

Newt nodded and slowly fed his potion down the Snallygaster's throat. Soon yellow pus oozed out of the wound.

"What about his wing, Mrs. Scamander?"

"I don't know, the hole is large and I could try to heal it but the skin is very thin on its wings." Newt muttered, clearing the puss away.

"My potion is ready, sir."

"Good. Gently feed it to him."

Art nodded and cooled the potion down before bringing it up to the beasts mouth and asked it to open his mouth.

A mouth full of serrated steel teeth filled its mouth but Art gently poured the potion into its mouth.

The wound started to slowly close on his side, only leaving a slight scar. Newt let out a deep breath and rubbed the beasts head.

Art also smiled as he rubbed the Snallygaster's beak. "Told you, you can trust me." he said with a smile.

"Amazing job you two." the Headmaster said, a large smile on his face.

He opened the door and saw that a few teachers were outside waiting.

"Everything is alright everyone." he announced.

"Why hasn't the beast been killed Headmaster?" someone asked.

Art's face went dark as he glared at the person. Newt didn't say anything but waved his wand, slamming the door shut.

"I worked my entire life to educate people about magical beasts and yet some people feel the need to kill them just because." he said in a sad tone.

"They are fools sir. There will always be fools. Your lifework is something that will last forever. Even when you are gone, I will continue your legacy." Art said quietly, focusing on the Snallygaster.

Newt looked at Art and gave a small smile, he gripped Art's shoulder and squeezed. "I have no doubt that you will surpass me Artland."

"It will be difficult, the shadow that you left." Art smiled mockingly.

"I will keep him in my suitcase for a few days for observation and then we will release him back." Newt said, opening his case.

Art nodded and guided the Snallygaster down into the suitcase. After finding him a suitable place to stay, he checked in on the rest of the beasts who were very happy to see him.

He left Newt's room and headed back to his own but found Shelby, Natasha and Alby waiting for him.

He invited them into his room where he placed his bag down and sat on his bed.

The three of them stared at him quietly, which was strange a specially for Alby.

"What?" he asked annoyed.

"Are you part beast?" Shelby asked seriously.

Art scoffed and didn't reply to the dumb question.

"It's a serious question." she said crossing his arms.

"No I am not part beast, you moron." Art said.

"They said you can talk to beasts though." Alby said, he seemed to be full of questions but held them back.

"And that makes me part beast?" Art asked, raising his eyebrows.

"Is it true that you have a pet Horned Serpent!?" Alby asked excited.

Art turned his head to the girls who avoided his eyes.

"Did you tell everyone?"

"Just Alby." Natasha said.

"Keep it that way and Alby you aren't allowed to tell anyone or I will Obliviate you right now." Art threatened, taking out his wand.

Alby paled and shook his head violently. "O-of course not! I promise!"

"Good. Yes I am taking care of a Horned Serpent but no she is not my pet." Art explained, putting his wand away.

As on cue, Azura poked her head from his collar and looked at them curiously. The girls took a step back while Alby looked fascinated.

"I can't talk to beast as much as feeling their emotions. I felt fear and pain when the Snallygaster appeared so I knew he wasn't a threat." Art explained.

"Is it a spell? Or a potion?" Alby asked.

"No. Just a gift. A gift that you will not tell anybody about." Art said sternly.

The three of them nodded.

"Okay good. Now leave. I have homework to do." Art said, sending them out.